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1. (n.) scaffold
a platform or framework for raising workers and materials during the erection, repair, or maintenance of a building or the like.
2. scaffold
an elevated platform on which a criminal is executed, usu. by hanging.
3. scaffold
any raised platform or stage.
4. scaffold
any supporting framework.
5. (v.t.) scaffold
to furnish with a scaffold or scaffolding.
6. scaffold
to support by or place on a scaffold.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME scaffot, skaffaut, scaffalde < OF escadafaut; akin to catafalque)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) scaffold
a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded)
2. (verb) scaffold
a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers
3. (verb) scaffold
provide with a scaffold for support
"scaffold the building before painting it"
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1. (noun) scaffold
a metal framework that allows builders to work on the outside of a building
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) scaffold
a temporary structure of timber, boards, etc., for various purposes, as for supporting workmen and materials in building, for exhibiting a spectacle upon, for holding the spectators at a show, etc
2. (noun) scaffold
specifically, a stage or elevated platform for the execution of a criminal; as, to die on the scaffold
3. (noun) scaffold
an accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf, or dome-shaped obstruction, above the tuyeres in a blast furnace
4. (verb) scaffold
to furnish or uphold with a scaffold
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Sense: a raised platform especially for use formerly when putting a criminal etc to death.
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 Afrikaans: galg |
 Arabic: مِنَصَّة الإعْدام |
 Bulgarian: ешафод |
 Brazilian: cadafalso |
 Czech: popravní lešení |
 German: das Schafott |
 Danish: skafot |
 Greek: ικρίωμα (για μελλοθάνατου |
 Spanish: cadalso, patíbulo |
 Estonian: tapalava |
 Farsi: سكوي اعدام |
 Finnish: mestauslava |
 French: échafaud |
 Hebrew: גָרדוֹם |
 Hindi: फांसी का तख्ता |
 Croatian: stratište, podij |
 Hungarian: vesztőhely |
 Indonesian: tempat penggantungan |
 Icelandic: vinnu-/aftökupallur |
 Italian: patibolo |
 Japanese: 死刑台 |
 Korean: 처형대 |
 Lithuanian: ešafotas |
 Latvian: sastatnes; ešafots |
 Malay: pentas hukuman bunuh |
 Dutch: schavot |
 Norwegian: skafott |
 Polish: szafot |
 Persian: سكوي اعدام |
 Pashto: خوازه،داره |
 Portuguese: cadafalso |
 Romanian: eşafod |
 Russian: плаха, эшафот |
 Slovak: lešenie, popravisko |
 Slovenian: oder, morišče |
 Serbian: gubilište |
 Swedish: schavott |
 Thai: ตะแลงแกง |
 Turkish: darağacı |
 Taiwanese: 斷頭臺，絞刑臺 |
 Ukrainian: шибениця; ешафот, плаха |
 Urdu: مجرم کو پھانسی دینے والا |
 Vietnamese: đoạn đầu đài |
 Chinese: 断头台，绞刑台 |
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